A friend had told me that since they added gaining experience to battlegrounds that Alterac Valley was the way to go.  Upon hitting 51 on our lowbie horde, we gave this a try… holy crap, yes, it is highly recommended.  Before you start, run north of Tarren Mill and grab the AV quests (don’t forget the ones in the cave)  because they only add to the burst.  With these quests, and the basic XP gained from winning, we got nearly an entire complete level in only two games.  Pretty sweet.  

On a side note, I had to laugh at all the people in AV.  Back in vanilla WoW I use to PVP quite a lot.  Ok, a very lot.  And you’d always have the people bitching and wining about this and that and how “if we were horde we’d be organized.”…. you know those guys.  Well I’m please to report that the horde bitch about the very same things  No shock really.  No the grass isn’t greener.  

And healing in AV.  Honestly people, if you’re a healer, why don’t you heal in battleground?  I’m not sure that as level 51 I should consistently have four times more healing than the next closest person.  And yes druids, tree form is nifty…. but in AV it’s also like a big flashing sign over your head screaming “I’m a healer, KILL ME!”… what are you people thinking… just say no to treeing at 51 in AV